Facebook will need to get license to be accessible in Azerbaijan

"Facebook, Skype and WhatsApp, which are providing communications services, will need to get license,” Abbasov told reporters in the Azerbaijani capital on Friday. "This will cause no problems for users. Simply, contracts will be signed between the state regulator and the companies.”

Facebook is the most popular social networking website in Azerbaijan with over a million users.

All three networks are currently accessible in the country. 

It was not immediately clear when the companies will have to apply for license and what will happen if they don’t.